Chapter Summaries

Song Ankang used the enhanced Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique and its side-effect feedback to rapidly strengthen his essence, qi, and spirit. As he neared the 300-point threshold, he learned more about the dangers of Lesser and Greater Heavenly Tribulations and resolved to grow stronger before attempting one.

• Song Ankang discovered that feedback from the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique had increased his essence, qi, and spirit by about 0.2 points, then used the technique again alongside pills and Divine Medicine.
• Yue Chimeng and Yue Chulong returned to Misty Residence without their identities being exposed, and they continued cultivating with occasional guidance from Song Ankang.
• Song Ankang's essence, qi, and spirit reached 260 points, while his essence soul surpassed 270 points.
• Song Ankang learned from the Demon Boar Race that heavenly tribulations included both Lesser and far more dangerous Greater Heavenly Tribulations.
• Song Ankang decided to improve his limits beyond 300 points before triggering a Lesser Heavenly Tribulation, since he lacked enough rare pills and treasures to ensure his safety.

Song Ankang prepared for the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation and chose the demonic techniques he would cultivate after reaching the True Immortal Realm. After merging two secret techniques and advancing to 280 points in essence, energy, and spirit, he considered how close he was to tribulation and how quickly he had grown.

• Song Ankang reasoned that the Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art and the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance could help him deceive the heavenly tribulation and stay lucid through the Inner Demon Tribulation.
• Song Ankang selected the techniques he planned to cultivate, keeping the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique, the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture, the Boy Demonic Cultivation Technique, and the Sacred Heart Art among them.
• Song Ankang discovered that the Emperor's Secret Technique could merge with the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Secret Technique and created the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Emperor Technique.
• Song Ankang's essence, energy, and spirit reached 280 points, while his essence soul reached 291 points, close to the 300-point threshold.
• Song Ankang assessed his strength as among the strongest Half-step True Immortals and believed he might contend with an ordinary Sixth Grade True Immortal.
• Song Ankang reflected that at age twenty-three, after about six years in this world, he had advanced far faster than he had expected.

Song Ankang traveled to the Chaos Plain and enslaved four powerful Half-step True Immortals, greatly expanding his forces and wealth. He left two of them to help manage his trade channels and search for more targets while he continued gathering power.

• Song Ankang followed the Three-tailed Wind Cat to the Chaos Plain and silently enslaved the sleeping Earth-shaking Beast underground.
• Song Ankang infiltrated the Three-headed Dogs' nest, used its Divine Formation Group to suppress the Three-headed Dog King, and took control of the entire pack.
• Song Ankang also enslaved the Golden Monkey King and the Sabre-toothed Fish Ancestor, bringing his total number of Half-step True Immortal slaves to eleven.
• Song Ankang released many Great God-level slaves to ease the burden on his True Soul Sea, then used indirect methods to keep them under his control.
• Song Ankang took the Earth-shaking Beast and Golden Monkey King with him, left the Three-headed Dog King and Sabre-toothed Fish Ancestor to assist the Brocade-furred Rat King, and ordered them to help the Three-tailed Wind Cat find more targets.

After the Bean Demon Race invaded the Human Race’s southwestern region and defeated a Human Race force, Song Ankang decided to intervene. He planned to drive out the invaders and subdue them as servants, while the Human Race remained tied down by the Heaven-Human War Front.

• Song Ankang returned to An City and focused on cultivation, relying mainly on backlash from the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance as he neared 300 points in essence, energy, and spirit.
• The Demon Boar Race crushed the Bean Demon Race’s counterattack and drove them from their territory.
• The Bean Demon Race retreated into Human Race territory, seized dozens of cities, and established Divine Formation Groups across the southwest.
• A Human Race force of more than a hundred Divine Ancestors was defeated by the Bean Demon Race’s formations, leaving the Human Race unable to respond while its forces were tied down by the Heaven-Human War Front.
• Song Ankang decided to intervene in the southwest, protect his businesses, and subdue the Bean Demon Race as his servants.

Song Ankang infiltrated Bean King City, the Oval Bean Demon Race’s stronghold, and found its imperial palace too heavily defended to enter safely. He decided to wait outside and enslave demons as they left, then spotted an Oval Bean Demon god emerging from the palace.

• Song Ankang traveled alone to the southwestern region of the Xia Kingdom, where the Oval Bean Demon Race had occupied the region.
• Song Ankang reached Bean King City and found its powerful formations too difficult to breach directly.
• Song Ankang entered the city by hiding in a supply convoy and made his way toward the imperial palace.
• Song Ankang sensed over a hundred gods and extensive formations inside and around the palace, so he chose to wait outside for demons to leave.
• After waiting for a little over an hour, Song Ankang saw an Oval Bean Demon god emerge from the palace while he hid in a nearby tree.

Song Ankang enslaved the Oval Bean Demon Race’s leaders and seized control of their imperial palace, then gathered their resources and decided they should live and work alongside the Human Race. He returned to Kyoto as the Nine Peaks Sword God to discuss the future with Human Race leaders.

• Song Ankang enslaved an Oval Bean Demon minor god, learned the race had long planned its takeover of the southwestern region, and discovered that only palace formation leaders could grant entry marks.
• Song Ankang used the minor god to lure out other Oval Bean Demon deities until he enslaved a major god responsible for the palace’s Divine Formation Group.
• With the major god’s mark, Song Ankang entered the imperial palace, took control of its formations, and enslaved the remaining Oval Bean Demon major gods.
• Song Ankang plundered the Oval Bean Demon Race’s resources and decided to keep the race, intending for it to work alongside the Human Race rather than be driven away.
• Song Ankang returned to Kyoto as the Nine Peaks Sword God and held discussions with several core Human Race leaders.

Song Ankang revealed his Half-step True Immortal strength to Human Race leaders and proposed integrating the Oval Bean Demon Race and Merman Race as equals rather than vassals. The leaders began small-scale trials, while Song Ankang quietly extended his control and helped the Oval Bean Demon Race blend into the Xia Kingdom.

• Song Ankang revealed his Half-step True Immortal strength, and Human Race leaders celebrated and urged him to father more descendants among their people.
• Song Ankang told the leaders that the Oval Bean Demon Race had submitted and demanded equal rights for them; the leaders balked at abandoning the usual vassal system.
• Song Ankang revealed that the Merman Race could also join the Human Race on equal terms and warned that he would not protect the Human Race if it mistreated either race.
• Song Ankang proposed that the Human Race retain certain special considerations while all three races shared territory and benefits, and the leaders agreed to consider the plan and begin small-scale trials.
• The Human Race settled bean demons in forests across its territory, and some Merman migrated into its rivers and lakes as racial integration began.
• Song Ankang’s standing rose as the Nine Peaks Sword God, while his hidden control over Human Race territory helped coordinate the bean demons’ gradual integration into the Xia Kingdom.

Song Ankang continued strengthening his cultivation while the Oval Bean Demon Race and Merman Race gradually integrated with the Human Race. He refused Tang Yelan’s suggestion to have a child, keeping his plan to elevate the Human Race to a Heaven Race secret because rival races would try to destroy them.

• Song Ankang raised his essence, energy, and spirit to 290 points and his essence soul to 296, then focused on consolidating his strength before attempting the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Demon Boar Race retreated from the Oval Bean Demon Race’s territory, allowing the Oval Bean Demon Race and humans to reclaim and share suitable lands.
• The Merman Race’s integration with humans remained tense, especially around male merfolk, while merfolk women integrated more smoothly and some married human men.
• Tang Zhijia raised concerns that no Tang Family direct descendants had children, and Tang Yelan proposed that she and Song Ankang have a child.
• Song Ankang refused, claiming his cultivation secret art made it unsuitable and hiding that he was preparing to lead the Human Race toward Heaven Race status.
• Tang Yelan accepted that they should wait but asked Song Ankang how much longer it would take.

Song Ankang told Tang Yelan they would have children within three years and reflected on his devotion to his Bedside Companions and his choice not to take more wives. Later, Tang Yelan invited him to King Dongjiang’s eight-hundredth birthday celebration to discuss trade between the Tang Family and Song’s Workshop.

• Song Ankang told Tang Yelan they would have children within three years, and she accepted his answer.
• Song Ankang resolved to keep his current number of Bedside Companions and focus on giving them time and helping them grow stronger.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating, relying less on Limit Breaking Pills as his essence, energy, and spirit neared 300 points.
• Tang Yelan asked Song Ankang to attend King Dongjiang’s birthday celebration, where the Tang Family hoped to discuss acquiring Merman Race materials through Hundred Fruits Mountain.
• Tang Yelan explained that King Dongjiang wanted to buy medicinal products from Song’s Workshop, and Song Ankang decided to learn about the workshop’s current affairs before the meeting.

Song Ankang learned that Song's Workshop had become a dominant pill business and that it was expanding toward the Merman and Oval Bean Demon markets. At King Dongjiang Li Ming's birthday banquet, he saw Hundred Fruits Mountain's envoys welcomed as honored guests, confirming its growing ties with the Human Race.

• Song Ankang discovered that Song's Workshop had expanded across the Xia Kingdom, taken over most low- and mid-tier pill markets, and begun researching products for the Merman and Oval Bean Demon Races.
• Song Ankang learned that King Dongjiang Li Ming was a powerful heir of the Li Family, then accompanied Tang Yelan to his birthday celebration.
• Tang Yelan and Song Ankang arrived at East River Prince's Mansion and heard that Hundred Fruits Mountain's Eight-Armed Divine Monkey had come with two other divine monkeys to congratulate Li Ming.
• Li Ming personally welcomed the three divine monkeys, while Tang Yelan concluded that East River Prince's Mansion could likely help obtain materials from Hundred Fruits Mountain.
• Song Ankang recognized Hundred Fruits Mountain's success in fostering Human-Merman ties, and he and Tang Yelan waited to pay their respects to Li Ming.

At King Dongjiang’s birthday banquet, Song Ankang and Tang Yelan discussed a Merman Race pill business partnership with him, but rejected his demand for nearly all the profits. Song Ankang left after challenging King Dongjiang’s claim that Hundred Fruits Mountain would block their business, deciding to reveal some of his own ties to the mountain.

• Song Ankang and Tang Yelan visited King Dongjiang after he finished receiving the Hundred Fruits Mountain envoy.
• King Dongjiang proposed that Song’s Workshop supply the Merman Race while the East River Prince’s Mansion managed sales, offering Song’s Workshop only ten percent of the profits.
• Song Ankang countered that the profits should be split equally and said Song’s Workshop could handle transportation and develop its own channels.
• King Dongjiang threatened that the East River Prince’s Mansion and Hundred Fruits Mountain could obstruct Song’s Workshop and harm the Tang Family’s business.
• Tang Yelan rejected the threat, saying the Tang Family could contact Merman Race forces and obtain materials without the East River Prince’s Mansion.
• Song Ankang led Tang Yelan away and said they would see whom Hundred Fruits Mountain chose to support.

Song Ankang rejected the East River Prince's Mansion's attempt to exploit Song's Workshop, then let the dispute grow while arranging to contact Hundred Fruits Mountain. Hundred Fruits Mountain abandoned the East River Prince's Mansion and chose the Tang Family and Song's Workshop as its Kyoto partners, leaving the prince's mansion regretting its actions.

• King Dongjiang threatened to exclude the Tang Family and Song's Workshop from the Merman Race's market, then sought to persuade Hundred Fruits Mountain to shun them.
• Song Ankang assured Tang Yelan that he could contact Hundred Fruits Mountain, while Tang Family leaders supported his rejection of the East River Prince's Mansion's terms.
• The East River Prince's Mansion spread a distorted account of Song Ankang's words, and Song Ankang allowed the rumors to turn the Tang Family and Song's Workshop into Kyoto's laughingstock.
• News emerged that Song's Workshop had once saved the beloved son of the Hundred Fruits Mountain Master, the World-Muddling Strength Ape.
• Hundred Fruits Mountain ended its cooperation with the East River Prince's Mansion and named the Tang Family and Song's Workshop its Kyoto partners, leaving the prince's mansion's investments wasted.

The East River Prince's Mansion and other factions searched for the mysterious benefactor they believed had won Hundred Fruits Mountain's favor, unaware that the benefactor was Song Ankang himself. As the Tang Family and Song's Workshop prospered through new trade channels, Song Ankang continued cultivating and brought his essence, energy, and spirit to 299 points each.

• The East River Prince's Mansion sought the hidden benefactor to reclaim influence with Hundred Fruits Mountain, but its search found no clues.
• The Tang Family gained access to inexpensive Merman Race textile materials through Hundred Fruits Mountain, and Song's Workshop also profited from the new trade channels.
• Tang Liuli asked Song Ankang about his strength, and he told her he could face a Divine Family stronger than the East River Prince's Mansion but could not reveal his true power.
• Song Ankang steadily cultivated with the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance and the Heavenly Demon Dismantling Emperor Technique, bringing his essence, energy, and spirit to 299 points each.

Song Ankang used new gambling methods and flattery to earn twelve Limit Breaking Pills from Demonic Flame Soaring Sky, while Twelve Wings repeatedly failed to win her favor. After the group mocked Twelve Wings and it left the chat, it quietly returned less than ten minutes later.

• Song Ankang sent Demonic Flame Soaring Sky new gambling methods, earning ten Limit Breaking Pills and then two more with flattery.
• Twelve Wings resented that Song Ankang received rewards while its own efforts and gambling methods had failed to impress Demonic Flame Soaring Sky.
• Kunlun All-Knowing and Song Ankang mocked Twelve Wings and suggested it come to the Kunlun Mountains to pick up garbage.
• Twelve Wings threatened Song Ankang, then immediately backed down when Demonic Flame Soaring Sky called it out.
• Twelve Wings left the group chat but reappeared less than ten minutes later.

Song Ankang traded revealing garments he had designed to Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women for Limit Breaking Pills, inspiring Twelve Wings to offer its own clothing and receive Immortal Limit Pills. Twelve Wings left the group chat after Song Ankang pointed out that his idea had earned far more, while Kunlun All-Knowing invited him to deal with Tuotuo Worms in the Kunlun Mountains.

• Song Ankang offered Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women garments modeled by female Oval Bean Demons, and received twenty Limit Breaking Pills.
• Kunlun All-Knowing asked what Song Ankang had given the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable, prompting Twelve Wings to send Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women a package of its race's clothing.
• Fine Wine, Delicious Food, Beautiful Women rewarded Twelve Wings with ten Immortal Limit Pills, and Twelve Wings thanked him profusely.
• Kunlun All-Knowing teased Twelve Wings about its repetitive flattery, while Twelve Wings insisted the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable had left for other reasons.
• Song Ankang reminded Twelve Wings that the garments had been his idea and that he had earned more valuable pills; Twelve Wings then exited the group chat.
• Kunlun All-Knowing invited Twelve Wings to the Kunlun Mountains to deal with Tuotuo Worms and sample their meat.

Song Ankang continued cultivating while Twelve Wings secretly prepared to use ten Immortal Limit Pills to advance to the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm. Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit surpassed 300 points, leaving him with Celestial Immortal potential if he passed the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation, and he began to sense the tribulation more clearly.

• Twelve Wings celebrated receiving ten Immortal Limit Pills and planned to advance, unaware that Ten-Mile Slope Sword God was a human whose essence, energy, and spirit already exceeded 299 points.
• Song Ankang continued cultivating and secretly helped his bedside companions grow stronger, while choosing to keep their Golden Core achievements hidden from the outside world.
• Goddess Tsukuyomi reached the Half-step True Immortal Realm and neared 100 points in essence, energy, and spirit, but held off on advancing because she might awaken a powerful bloodline.
• Song Ankang’s essence, energy, and spirit steadily rose from 299.1 to 299.9 as his family, workshop, and wider network continued to develop.
• Song Ankang surpassed 300 points in essence, energy, and spirit, causing his strength to soar and granting him the potential to reach the pinnacle of Celestial Immortals if he passed the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.

Song Ankang realized that his Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art could not fool the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation once his essence, energy, and spirit exceeded three hundred points. He obtained a Sanzang Pill from Flame of Breaking Barriers, giving him a way to conceal part of his power and improve his chances of surviving the tribulation.

• Song Ankang sensed the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation’s increased power and realized it could detect his full strength despite his divine art.
• Song Ankang asked Flame of Breaking Barriers for a way to conceal his essence, energy, and spirit from the tribulation.
• Flame of Breaking Barriers explained that a Sanzang Pill could conceal part of his power and gifted Song Ankang one.
• Song Ankang thanked Flame of Breaking Barriers and gifted her one hundred songs in return.
• Song Ankang found that the Sanzang Pill could conceal about thirty points of his essence, energy, and spirit, and planned to cultivate beyond three hundred and thirty points before facing the tribulation.

Song Ankang advanced his cultivation toward the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm, but losses in the Chaos Plain and a Demon Boar raid forced him to postpone settling scores. He left both threats for later, focusing on reaching 330 points in essence, qi, and spirit.

• Song Ankang used Limit Breaking Pills to raise his essence, qi, and spirit past 320 points and neared the 330-point breakthrough threshold.
• Song Ankang learned that a Dragon Wolf had devoured his Three-tailed Wind Cat servant, and decided to wait until he was stronger before seeking revenge.
• Zhu Yongmeng led Demon Boar forces into the Human Race's southwestern region, pillaging it and slaughtering or capturing members of the Oval Bean Demon Race.
• Song Ankang learned that a Sixth Grade True Immortal guarded Zhu Yongmeng, so he postponed confronting it and continued preparing to break through.

Song Ankang continued preparing to attempt the Sixth Grade True Immortal Realm and obtained a Weak Tribulation Pill from Demonic Flame Soaring Sky by trading entertaining items. The chapter left Twelve Wings lamenting that Song Ankang had taken the pill he desperately wanted.

• Song Ankang raised his essence, energy, and spirit to 330 points, then focused on consolidating his cultivation before attempting a breakthrough.
• Twelve Wings asked Demonic Flame Soaring Sky to give him a Weak Tribulation Pill to help him survive the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky offered the pill in exchange for something valuable, and Kunlun All-Knowing criticized Twelve Wings for asking to receive it on credit.
• Song Ankang offered Demonic Flame Soaring Sky dozens of new gambling methods and entertaining items in exchange for the pill.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky gave Song Ankang the Weak Tribulation Pill, while Twelve Wings regretted losing his chance to obtain it.

Song Ankang traded unusual clothes and delicacies for two Weak Tribulation Pills from the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable, while Twelve Wings failed to persuade him to sell a pill. The chapter left Song Ankang facing Demonic Flame Soaring Sky’s curiosity about his special clothes.

• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky gifted Ten-Mile Slope Sword God one Weak Tribulation Pill, and the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable then gifted him two more.
• Twelve Wings wept over Ten-Mile Slope Sword God receiving the pills, then privately offered to buy one from him.
• Song Ankang demanded a high price in Limit Breaking Pills or Immortal Limit Pills, and Twelve Wings failed to negotiate a discount.
• Song Ankang sent the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable more special clothing and delicacies, pleased that their exchange had earned him two Weak Tribulation Pills.
• Demonic Flame Soaring Sky asked Song Ankang to show him the special clothes that had entertained the Three Absolutes Saint Venerable.